... ;: : 'I C L ,- We have all the inclination in the world to uphold the caise of the Drama,: and nothing distresses us more than the -nece~sity which occasionally cornpels us to pass; un. ;Jleasant strictures upon the conductors of the digerens Theatres Obut the paramount duty which we owe the public is too imperative for us-to sfffer-private feling to interfere with its discharge. We deem it ...

... SPAIN AND.J:ORTUGAL. zSPAIN AND.';PORTUG-kL- Wo now hold the balance of the world? Who reign O'er Congres;, whther royalist orliberal? Who rouse the abirtless patiibts of Spain? ('hat make SU Euroje'sjiournals squeak and gibber all.) Who keep the world, 'Ltish ld and new, in pain Or pleasure ? Who niake politics run ilibberell? The shade of floocirAUTF'S noble daring? Jew ROTHlSCHILD, ...

... GEXDS OF LITERATURE. EASTERN ANECDOTE.- Al Arab came into the mosque of the prophet, while the holy commander of the faithful, Ali, was there. The Arab performed his devotions hurriedly and hastily, not going through the ceremonies as the institutions of religion command, nor reading duly the prescribed portions of the Koran. As he rose up and was going out, his excel- lency the Khalif cried ...

... THINATRIC&iLS. i All the world's a sta.e--sEAxk5I5az. Passion week is the actor's holiday and the critic's dread. During its lapse the tavern may still hold its harmonic societies, the ball-room still open its doors to the devotees of Terpsichore; nay, the theatres themselves may be opened for every purpose save that of displaying the legitimate drama-of furnishing an intellectual ...

... TIHE ATR ICA LS. 0 . TA~LAN~ivE.. It is tile fate of marla-grs to be disliked. Rarely, indeed, do their actors give them credit for one ,just te t h and as inr tile iubliel-bat heoe we aye ?? critics t are the ?? to.pleast on earth, and have there. d fore no right to coerplairn of the fastidiousness of others.- To retlsrn, threforej to oui'noeniiigyreiiark, we intst fol- | low it up ...

... TrEAWMCAL[LS. THEATRE.ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. As we cannot term the re-production of Cinderella at this Theatre a novelty, there lies been nothing calling for particular notice during the week. The houses have been good; but something must speedily be done to maintain the attraction occasioned by the reduction of prices, otherwise Mr. BunN wvill be ir a worse plightthanbefore. The para- graph which ...

... THEATBICAILS. TgEATRE.UOrALS, DlURYo 4ANE. LAST Monday was an epoch at this Theatre, which to us is a most mournful one, inasmuch as it appears one step more towards the final degradation of the Drama. Mr. BUNN having, as agreed with his Com. mittee, retumed the reins of management at the com- mencement of the Christmas holidays,' has thought proper to reduce the prices to the level of the ...

... LITERAR SRAPS. P'LUUMATIC MIRaaor.-'T'he attention of the Roydl Institu. lion was called to a new process for converting plate glass into convex and concave mirrors, by a UlOSt simple process, Ain iron casi being, pravided, n circular plate of glass is fixed into it aid madle perfectly air tight, leaving a chatriber at the back toll of common air. By drawing oat that air, either nith in a ir ...

... (I'rom the Ladies' Gazeile of Fashion.) Carriage Dress.-White chip list, a round open brim descending very low upen the cheels; the interior is trimmed at the sides, in a light style, with flowers; the crown is ornamenited with a twisted roil. leoan and cirtain of rose-colonred crape lisse, and a large holiquet of short, fill-cariled ostrich febthers, placed low on one side. Pale straw- ...

... THE DIA.MA. COVENT GARDEN.-Mr. KEMULE S performance of Shylock is to us a most painful exhibition; if lie were not a clever man it would be a ridiculous one. But the in- firmities of talent are too respectable to provoke laughter; we associate with them, as we associate with the weak- resses of old age, the power that is gone by, the hours of delight afforded us by the talent itself; and the ...

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... TMEATIIICALS. TBEATlEBEOYAL,'DURYlLA:NZ, Were it not that the' Dramavwas'a subject of''poli- iical' importance-inasmurch as it forms one' -of rth e' %hief amusements of a people, and as such 'has' & inoral tendency upon their tone and. habits,-we sbd\bld 'a often tempted to overlook with indifference,'if'not' Nith contempt, the imbecile acts of our Thespian nonarchs. Why is it that manager8 ...